Will do Liri, it's so sterile at the moment. I'm looking at plants for the back of the pond and need to double check how long it is before I can put the lilly etc in.
It looks great and fits right in to the surrounds. I am envious you are all finished. I'm trying to squeeze my efforts in between work and watching my toddler grandson! I look forward to further updates.
From lawn to pond in five days . GD's right, you don't hang about do you.
It looks great, and such a tidy job. Well done?. I must add that even your "wild area" behind the bench looks neat and tidy. You have a beautiful garden ?
Thanks Kitty, my garden is my green gymn, meditation centre and therapy room. It's worth all the money and effort that it costs me
Spent the afternoon checking out a good site for pond plants lilieswatergardens.co.uk small size plants but a good choice. Never used them before so I'll let you all know what they are like when they arrive.
Yviestevie, your pond and your garden look fantastic! I have just finished a small wildlife pond in my own little garden, but it's all a fraction of the size that you have. I have to confess that this is my second attempt at installing a wildlife pond as I made a couple of rookie errors the first time round, like buying the wrong size liner, but trying to shoe-horn it into the hole I had dug, rather than admitting defeat at the time. I also got my levels wrong because my garden's on a slight slope, but wildlife pond mk2 has gone much better. Won't be posting pictures though after seeing yours!
What a delight and you've even nicked my idea of having a bench by the side of it with a hardstanding to mow around (but I'm planning an arbour-ey thing because it's overlooked a bit and would like more height in that area with climbers).
That's amazing Yvie. Well done. I hope you're feeling very pleased with yourself.
I echo Hosta's moans about yellow flag iris and bullrush. The pond here is full of bullrush and our old one was terraformed by flag iris. Nightmares the pair of them.
I love sagittaria sagittifolia, water hawthorn, pontaderia cordata and marginal irises - in case you want ideas..
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Yvie, I've just read this thread from start to finish, so for me, you made your wildlife pond very quickly indeed! really fantastic pond, lovely spot! Such a lot of hard work in such a short time, well done! I hope you enjoy it and all the inhabitants you are bound to entice!
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That's looking really good, Yvie.
Don't forget to tell us when you see your first water boatman / pond skater / frog etc.
Will do Liri, it's so sterile at the moment. I'm looking at plants for the back of the pond and need to double check how long it is before I can put the lilly etc in.
Gosh Yvie - you don't hang around - I wish our pond had been built as quickly, you have done an amazing amount to the area already. Well done!
It looks great and fits right in to the surrounds. I am envious you are all finished. I'm trying to squeeze my efforts in between work and watching my toddler grandson! I look forward to further updates.
Wow Yvie
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From lawn to pond in five days
. GD's right, you don't hang about do you.
It looks great, and such a tidy job. Well done?. I must add that even your "wild area" behind the bench looks neat and tidy. You have a beautiful garden ?
Thanks Kitty, my garden is my green gymn, meditation centre and therapy room. It's worth all the money and effort that it costs me
Spent the afternoon checking out a good site for pond plants lilieswatergardens.co.uk small size plants but a good choice. Never used them before so I'll let you all know what they are like when they arrive.
Yviestevie, your pond and your garden look fantastic! I have just finished a small wildlife pond in my own little garden, but it's all a fraction of the size that you have. I have to confess that this is my second attempt at installing a wildlife pond as I made a couple of rookie errors the first time round, like buying the wrong size liner, but trying to shoe-horn it into the hole I had dug, rather than admitting defeat at the time. I also got my levels wrong because my garden's on a slight slope, but wildlife pond mk2 has gone much better. Won't be posting pictures though after seeing yours!
What a delight and you've even nicked my idea of having a bench by the side of it with a hardstanding to mow around (but I'm planning an arbour-ey thing because it's overlooked a bit and would like more height in that area with climbers).
Fabulous job Yvie, you gone done good!
That's amazing Yvie. Well done. I hope you're feeling very pleased with yourself.
I echo Hosta's moans about yellow flag iris and bullrush. The pond here is full of bullrush and our old one was terraformed by flag iris. Nightmares the pair of them.
I love sagittaria sagittifolia, water hawthorn, pontaderia cordata and marginal irises - in case you want ideas..
Yvie, I've just read this thread from start to finish, so for me, you made your wildlife pond very quickly indeed!
really fantastic pond, lovely spot! Such a lot of hard work in such a short time, well done! I hope you enjoy it and all the inhabitants you are bound to entice! 